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Topic: Best of 2007 (Read 2917 times)

Although the last few waves are still trickling out to retail, I thought it might be a good time to cover what some of your favorites were for this year. I guess I'm sticking mainly to TAC stuff here, although we had the tail end of TSC this year as well. Although it has been tough to keep up with everything (especially the last few months), to me this has been one of the best years yet for the quality of Star Wars figures. A lot of good figures/etc., and some long-requested characters. What are your favorites?

I could really list the majority of the lineup (which I pretty much have), but there weren't a lot of stinkers this year in my eyes. I don't personally have either of the last two waves, but there's some more good ones in there as well.

Exclusives*Target Order 66 Packs (repacks stink, but kind of a neat/affordable idea)*McQuarrie Exclusives (price/exclusivity stinks, but figures are nice)*Target Ultimate Battle Packs (not for everyone, but really a good deal for what you get. I like Hoth in particular)*R2-KT*EE Mando/Elite Forces Packs (good price per figure, and kind of neat sets)

Vehicles*V-Wing*TRU Y-Wing Starfighter (one I was missing personally, and came with two pack in figures)*Darth Vader Sith Starfighter (people are getting repainted starfighter out, but this is a pretty cool ship)

Other Lines*Galactic Heroes - This line continues to impress me, I never thought we'd get this deep into character selection. Really the only "other" line I still actively collect - or can afford.*The Coins - practically a line all to its own. I know it has gotten me to buy a few figures that I probably normally would have skipped (especially with the budget crunch lately), because I want to complete that damn album .

I'm sure there are some things I'm missing/forgetting, but those are some off the top of my head. Its been a pretty nice year for Hasbro stuff in general, not to mention some spiffy higher end things that I can't afford .

Well I'm still hoping for polls for these, but in the meantime here are my top picks:Vintage: IG-88, with the Snowtrooper right on it's tail.Comic packs: I had a hard time deciding between these five: Quinlan Vos, Vilmarh Grahrk, ARC Trooper Alpha, A'sharad Hett, Assassin Droid. Ultimately I'll have to go with the Assassin droid. Sculpt and articulation were prefect. That it was in a comic pack made the value that much better.Vehicles: AT-TP Walker with the V-Wing coming in a close second.Battle Packs: Battle of Hoth hands down. Some decent repaints and that turret is damn impressive! Value was what put this over the top.McQuarrie: Starkiller, then Boba Fett. Starkiller has tons of accessories you cna mix and match to make different looks to. Boba is right on it's heals with a great sculpt and second helmet!Basic Figure: whoah a tough one to pic just one as there were MANY great figs this year. I choose Hermi Odle as my favorite. It was really a hard pick though. Hermi wins on a few counts. Shear size, thus value. Sculpt is excellent. I LOVE having soft goods on figures and this one did not disappoint.Exclusives: Concept R2-D2 & C-3PO

-Sal

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Vintage: Snowtrooper (with IG-88 close second)Comic Pack: A'sharad Hett - he's a great figure w/lots of cool accessoriesVehicles: V-WingBattle Packs: Ultimate Hoth BP - the turret is a great addition to anyone's Hoth dioramaMcQuarrie: Starkiller HeroBasic Figure: Tyco Chelcu (A-Wing Pilot) - I just go this figure - it rocks!Exclusives: Female Mandalorians from the EE packs - I love these two figures a lot, I know they have problems but just their existence allows me to overlook them.

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Peter

Letting my collecting OCD get the better of me on a DAILY basis... and loving EVERY minute of it!

I guess I should be thankful... three potentially huge army builders for me - McSnowtrooper, removable helmet Stormtrooper and the Kamino Clone were huge letdowns... otherwise I'd have spent a lot more money this year.

I would have picked Jedi Luke from wave 4, too, but I think Hasbro got the likeness a little better, and the articulation is decent. That Umpass-Stay can Umpass-Go.

I'm convinced, after getting at least (by my count) 7 "new" Luke Skywalker figures this year, that Hasbro HATES Mark Hamill. Obviously Natalie Portman and Hayden Christiansen have death threats against the sculptors, to avoid having a figure that actually resemble them.....but Mark Hamill? Come on, you guys have had 30 years to get a nice face sculpt of the guy already. I suggest making one ULTIMATE Luke head, and just keep using it for all future Luke's you guys shove at us.